Joplin? I cant stand to hear her screeching and screaming, I fail to find what was ever so special about her. True artistry is in special ones like Ella, Anita O'Day, Sarah Vaughn, June Christy, Blosson Dearie, Annie Ross, and nowadays with Roberta Gamborini.

Our Liberties We Prize and Our Rights We Will Maintain If a nation expects to be ignorant and free, in a state of civilization, it expects what never was and will never be.----Thomas Jefferson